Reference Sources Encyclopedia articles, credible websites, and even textbooks are a great place to start your research. Once you have gotten an overview of your topic from a reference source, you are better equipped to start looking for scientific articles in journals.
Summarizes current research in a particular area of study, categorizing and highlighting recent research studies.
Good way to get an overview of current research in a field.
Easier for a non-specialist to understand than a research article.
Review articles are considered to be secondary literature.
Describes the findings of original observations or experiments.
Should provide an abstract, methods, results and points for discussion.
Most of the articles published in science journals are research articles.
Research articles are considered primary literature.
